Probably Not What C.S. Lewis Had in Mind

This summer we read the first four Narnia books. It has been fun to hear the kids knocking on the backs of entertainment centers and talking to each other like the kings and queens of old. However, the other day Meg took it to a whole new level when arming for a battle scene. (Somebody buy this girl an archery set!)

Beautiful Kids

Speaking of Being Sequestered...

Sometimes on Sunday afternoon when the rowdiness of the big kids is drowning out the hushed tones of the PGA commentators, we banish them to the basement. There are lots of fun toys down there, but they spend most of their time trying to get back upstairs. Last week they did get a little sympathy from someone.

Breakfast Elves

The other day Meg and Nate sequestered me in the family room while they crashed and banged around in the kitchen. When they finally let me in, they were delighted to present a full breakfast ready on the table. They are quite a little pair.

Flowers

I rarely do flowers these days. Actually, it has become easier than I thought to turn down opportunities. It's sooo labor intensive to buy, arrange, and deliver with the crew in tow and there are so many other things to do with that time. Sometimes I do them and the result is satisfying. But finished products aside, look at the raw material! Look at the colors and textures and shapes. And these are just eight or nine little kinds. There are hundreds and thousands more flowers even more fantastic than these...not to mention trees, bugs, birds, fish, animals...not to mention mountains and clouds and galaxies...not to mention songs and paintings and cathedrals, equations and antibiotics...not to mention people. And we're only seeing fallen things: "groaning" "subject to frustration" and "in bondage to decay." The kids and I talked a little this week about why God made so much variety in His world. It gives just the tiniest glimpse of His own beauty, wisdom, and infiniteness. I hope they will maintain a sense of delight and exhilaration in God's world and learn to worship not the creation, but the Creator who is forever praised.

Going Places

...or at least one step closer to going places. Thankfully, both the door and the gate drag; he's not strong enough to open them. But doesn't he look pleased with himself?!

Bedtime Story

Enjoying a new book-on-CD